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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ruth think her first experience with sex would be like?
(a) Scary and unlike anything she had ever experienced.
(b) Nothing special.
(c) Exciting and romantic.
(d) Difficult, grim and painful.

2. What does Ruth do when she sees Lanford grin at the end of the novel?
(a) She slaps him.
(b) She kisses him on the forehead.
(c) She smiles and leaves without saying a word.
(d) She laughs heartily.

3. Who takes up with Florida Cobb in Chapter 12?
(a) Stan.
(b) Len.
(c) Simon.
(d) Webster.

4. Why does Kitty live with Rhonda in Chapter 12?
(a) She is on the run.
(b) She is trying to save rent money.
(c) She has been thrown out by Len.
(d) Rhonda is ill.

5. Where does Ruth find Owney in Chapter 11?
(a) By the shore.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the woods.
(d) On the porch.

6. What had Ruth hoped of her first sexual partner?
(a) That he would be her first love.
(b) That he would guide her through it.
(c) That he would propose to her immediately after.
(d) That he would be an actor or poet.

7. What does Toby need before the small group can leave the dock in Chapter 7?
(a) A few moments alone with Ruth.
(b) Supplies.
(c) A bathroom break.
(d) Lunch.

8. What did Chester do after serving in the army?
(a) He became a prison guard in a state prison.
(b) He opened a french-style restaurant along the bayou.
(c) He married and had three children.
(d) He joined the Gypsy Bandoleer Bandits.

9. What does Ruth demand Lanford do in the epilogue?
(a) Apologize to Mary.
(b) Donate his fortune to the town.
(c) Treat the locals better.
(d) Vacate Ellis House.

10. Who is Chucky Strachan?
(a) The father of the bride at the wedding.
(b) The brother of the groom at the wedding.
(c) The best man at the wedding.
(d) The bartender at the wedding.

11. What is Ruth's name by the summer of 1982?
(a) Ruth Thomas-Wishnell.
(b) Ruth Thomas- Pommeroy.
(c) Ruth Thomas- White.
(d) Ruth Thomas- Ellis.

12. How is the third lobster war described as?
(a) Brutal and unnecessary.
(b) Worth the trouble and strife.
(c) Shockingly quiet.
(d) Short and ugly.

13. Who is waiting for Ruth and Owney when they return home in Chapter 11?
(a) Stan.
(b) Toby.
(c) Mary.
(d) Simon.

14. Why is Rhonda the only widow on Fort Niles?
(a) Widows tend to move to the mainland after their spouses' death.
(b) Lobstermen tend not to marry.
(c) Lobstermen don't perish by the fleet.
(d) There are not many women living on the island to begin with.

15. What nickname does Stan earn after the end of the war?
(a) Greedy Number Two.
(b) Stan the Man.
(c) Boat Dweller.
(d) Lobsterman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ruth and Owney race to in Chapter 11?

2. What does Toby recommend Ruth do when she visits his room in Chapter 10?

3. What news about Ruth does Kitty tell Stan in Chapter 12?

4. Where do Ruth and Owney make love in Chapter 11?

5. How does Conway make a living?

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